NASCAR: Richard Childress Racing memorialize the late Warner Hodgdon

Former San Bernardino businessman Warner Hodgdon, who passed away March 20, will be memorialized this weekend at Auto Club Speedway on the Richard Childress Racing Chevrolets. Hodgdon was a former NASCAR track and team owner.

When Childress raced in the late-1970's in his No. 3 Chevrolet, Hodgon was president of Black Gold Oil Company, which sponsored the car.

"Warner was a great friend and partner who helped change the landscape of NASCAR team ownership in the late 1970s," said Childress. "I learned a lot about business from the advice he gave me over the years. He was there to help me with sponsorship from Black Gold when I really needed it. Warner was an entrepreneur with a great vision for where stock car racing could go and we stayed in touch long after his time in racing ended. He was a great friend and will be missed."